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#110 When the Body Becomes the Stage: Joe Kodeih I حين يصبح الجسد مسرحاً آخر: جو قديح

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Send us Fan MailIn this conversation, Ricardo Karam sits down with Lebanese actor and playwright Joe Kodeih in a dialogue that moves beyond theatre into the deeper terrain of identity, fragility, and what remains when life itself becomes an unpredictable stage.From his early beginnings in theatre, Joe reflects on the stage as both a mirror of society and a space of confrontation where language is pushed to its limits and silence often speaks as loudly as words.The conversation explores the delicate boundary between the actor and the human being, and how years of embodying characters can blur the line between performance and lived experience.Having carried Lebanese stories from Beirut to Paris and New York, he reflects on whether he was ultimately telling his own story, or the story of a country that never stops performing its own contradictions.The dialogue then turns toward a profound shift in his life, as illness enters the narrative and reshapes his relationship with control, presence, and meaning.In a profession built on precision, rhythm, and command of the body, Joe speaks about his battle with cancer, what it means when the body itself becomes uncertain, and strength is no longer defined by control but by acceptance.Ultimately, it becomes a reflection on the stripping away of roles, leaving only the human being behind and on what endures when all the scripts fall silent.Join Ricardo Karam and Joe Kodeih for a conversation on theatre, identity, and what it means to remain human when the stage disappears.في هذا اللقاء، يجلس ريكاردو كرم مع الممثل والكاتب المسرحي اللبناني جو قديح في حوارٍ يتجاوز الخشبة إلى مساحة أعمق تتعلق بالهوية، والهشاشة، ومعنى الإنسان حين تتحول الحياة نفسها إلى مسرح غير قابل للتوقع.من بداياته في المسرح، يتأمل جو كيف يمكن للخشبة أن تكون مرآةً للمجتمع ومساحةً للمواجهة، حيث تصل اللغة إلى حدودها القصوى، ويصبح للصمت حضورٌ لا يقل قوة عن الكلام.يناقش الحوار التداخل الدقيق بين الممثل والإنسان، وكيف يمكن لسنوات من تجسيد الشخصيات أن تخلق تداخلاً بين الأداء والحياة. وبين بيروت وباريس ونيويورك، يتساءل إن كان ما قدّمه هو رواية ذاته، أم رواية وطن لا يتوقف عن تمثيل تناقضاته.ثم ينتقل الحوار إلى تحوّلٍ عميق في حياته مع دخول المرض إلى النص، وما فرضه من إعادة تعريف لمعنى السيطرة والحضور والدلالة. في مهنة تقوم على التحكم بالجسد والإيقاع، يتحدث عن صراعه مع مرض السرطان، لحظة يصبح فيها الجسد نفسه خارج السيطرة، وتتحول القوة من الفعل إلى القبول.وفي النهاية، يتحول اللقاء إلى تأمل في الإنسان حين تُنزع عنه كل الأدوار، ولا يبقى إلا جوهره الحقيقي، وما يبقى بعد سقوط كل النصوص.انضموا إلى ريكاردو كرم وجو قديح في حوارٍ حول المسرح، والهوية، ومعنى أن تبقى إنساناً حين تسقط كل الأدوار.

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